Key Points: – Infections have spread in at least 48 US meatpacking plants, sickening more than 2,200 people and killing 17. – Coronavirus has already closed some Smithfield and JBS meatpacking plants, but many more are at risk. – Rates of infection...

Gail A. Eisnitz, author of ‘Slaughterhouse: The Shocking Story of Greed, Neglect, and Inhumane Treatment Inside the U.S. Meat Industry’, and 2004 winner of the Albert Schweitzer Medal, is the author of our featured article. In December this year, the U.S. Department...

In January 2018 the United States Department of Agriculture announced its proposal to ‘modernize’ pig (‘swine’ or ‘hog’) slaughter. The programme was designed to greatly increase slaughter line speeds and also to reduce the number of trained USDA meat inspectors at...

Remarkable undercover journalist and Author GAIL A EISNITZ answers End Animal Slaughter’s questions about her groundbreaking book SLAUGHTERHOUSE. In her book Gail documented almost unbelievable transgressions against humane slaughter, causing cattle, pigs,...

The worst incidences in animal slaughter occur in slaughterhouses where line speeds are increased. Gail A Eisnitz in her book ‘Slaughterhouse’ talks of pigs surviving the stunning process and having their throats slit, then being dumped into scalding...